Xbox 360 Continues to lead the way with Exclusive Titles

It looks like the Xbox 360 continues to take a page out of Sony's PS2 playbook with their "first out of the gate" mentality. They have built a healthy install base and continue to add consoles at a regular clip. This was enough to build up a first wave of exclusive 360 titles (before the PS3 and Wii hit) and now the system is running on pure momentum. They have also successfully courted Japanese developers (Capcom, D3, Namco-Bandai) and swayed traditionally multiplatform-minded third parties (2K, Ubisoft) to create content exclusive to the 360.

but your even becoming annoying to me so please stop with the smart ass responses that start 60 comment fights. I don't really mind your comment personally but the fanboys on this site do so try to tone it down a little bit please. I have to agree though that Microsoft is doing an exceedingly good job at keeping alot of good exclusives.

...then I'll have something to read to help time pass here at work! Otherwise, if it gets annoying, I'll just skip over it and ignore it. It's almost like he does a public service: he is giving others the ability to speak their mind and be heard. Wow, I should be a politician.

I can't believe I'm replying to someone who is blatantly biased ... but I do agree (to some extent) that it is the best choice for gaming today. If Microsoft keeps this momentum, they will be the best choice in gaming tomorrow.

I would like to see what your opinions are after 10:30 PST, 1:30 EST. In case you don't know, its when Big Phil delivers his GDC message about Game 3.0

Microsoft is cleaning house NOT because they have the best console(in my opinion the Xbox360 Rocks) but because they were SMART they produce a great product and released it when Sony and Nintendo were still napping and now they need to tackle an avalache of momentum inorder to catch up to Microsoft.

I believe 'they' were referring to the games and not franchises. No argument on franchises here. They are indeed quality franchises (everything except Mass Effect as this is new IP). Fable was great ... except for the quick ending :( The problem is that a quality franchise does not necessary mean a quality game. Heck, I've been waiting for a game that justifies the quality franchise called 'Transformers' :)

Not dogging the report but since when in the hell did games that are console and PC release become exclusive? They needed a paragraph to try to convince me of that?

Not trying to start a flamewar or nothing but if any game goes Wii/PC, 360/PC, PS3/PC, or on anything besides ONE format, It's not very damn exclusive. No matter how hard Maxconsole wants to convince me it is.

Even without the Pc they still have more exclusive's but it doesn't matter because we are talking about consoles! 360 is blowing up and doing things right as far as games go! I just wish people would stop getting angry at the fact that 360 is doing everything right that there console of choice isn't doing!

exclusive means that I can't play this ANYWHERE else. Why then heck call it exclusive? Remember that the PC Market competes with the consoles. If its on PC/360 or PC/PS3 ... I don't consider it an exclusive. Motostorm is an exclusive ... Viva Pinata is an exclusive.

The way you define it is saying that a game for the ps2, and the PSP is not exclusive, because you can play it in other places, that's incorrect. It's on sony platforms therefore exclusive to sony. or a game for the DS and the gamecube means it's not exclusive. again, nintendo platforms, therefore exclusive to nintendo, ispo facto, MS platforms mean exclusive to MS. MS platforms are PC and 360.

So far people so far. Sony has never been one to show the world what it has until it's near finished. They have many games under wraps. Also the list includes games released already for 360 from a year ago...so of course there is ground to be made - 360 has ones like Call of Duty 2, Ridge Racer - ones which the ps3 got the sequel...

"Sony has never been one to show the world what it has until it's near finished."

You mean like the PS3 at E3 2005? Or how about the Killzone CG? Anybody here enjoy the emotion engine technical demo prior to the PS2 release?

Sony has _always_ shown extremely early concept stuff to the public to reduce any hype that the competition has gained. It is a dirty trick they like to pull, and now you say they don't show anything early?

I have no issue with the quality of xbox 360 games and its excellent exclusives, i just have an issue with the quality of the hardware. I don't care what anyone says; Microsoft really and i mean REALLY f*cked up their manufacturing at launch.

DARK LEGION i`ve had a 360 since launch day in UK ...2nd in line from early hours in the rain till my local PC World opened its doors ... i dont own a PS3 as of yet so how does that make me Sony ? weak comment imo

FirstknighT if TheMART said black was white you would agree with him and the 360 was the first of its kind so the ratings of its games were bound to be OTT seeing as there was nothing to compare it to .

Good job 360! Keep up the good work. Make Sony work for our money. I need 360 to keep the PS3 honest so that Hevenly Sword, Motorstorm, and Lair are not just one time wonders but games that spark the imagination of other cool games.

will give the 360 some of the best exclusive, developers like lionhead and ubisoft are gonna be really important to them and they will deliver. But Japan is gonna give the PS3 games that the playstation is known for and PS fans crave, It's gonna be good to see what exclusives sell systems.